Hurricane Irene

Here is a blessing for those in the path:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kesomrqNYn0

Stay safe and out of harms way

Good luck to all on the East Coast.

A stereo system may be the last thing to worry about under the circumstances.

I'm getting plenty of company this weekend from Long Island.
I sure hope they like jazz!

I was on my way "down the shore" as we call the NJ beaches here in Philadelphia tonight or tomorrow for about 10 days. With the mandatory evacuation of the island where I have a vacation home to by midnight last (Thursday) night, it looks like the earliest I can hope to go is Monday morning. That is, if I still have a house down there.

The last big one was 1962, when half the homes on the island were destroyed. As my father loves to say, factoring in the one before that was 1944, we're way past due.

Our prayers go out to the folks who are going to try to hang in there - keep safe.